http://www.ortholog.com/ ortholog.com: commonplacings, preponed futures, brainworthy memes, paradigm fragments, rigorously conceived musings, gists, free association on free science, stuff I have nowhere else to put. All the opinions and interpretations are my own. This site exists neither for nor despite you, but you are more than welcome to read it. en-us ortholog@gmail.com 2008-08-03T00:06:06+12:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/writ/bad_but_builtin.php Religion and pornography - society would benefit from the elimation of either but, unfortunately, people, being human, would reintroduce them.... 788@http://www.ortholog.com/ Writ 2008-08-03T00:06:06+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/read/bookpile.php Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson The Book Of Dave, by Will Self Deerskin, by Robin McKinley The Amber Spyglass, by Phillip Pullman (reread to kids) Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another, by Philip Ball (stuck in the middle... 784@http://www.ortholog.com/ Read 2008-08-02T22:27:48+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/read/2008_so_far.php Shakespeare, by Bill Bryson Making Money, by Terry Pratchett Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill Matter, by Iain M.Banks The Yiddish Policemen's Union, by Michael Chabon Little Brother, by Cory Doctorow The Algebraist, by Iain M.Banks (reread) Learning the World:... 783@http://www.ortholog.com/ Read 2008-08-02T22:23:03+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/never_bet_against_bacteria.php http://kk.org/ct2/2008/06/the-unclear-origins-of-oil.php... 785@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-06-26T16:35:32+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/writ/why_aliens_arent_here.php In 1950 Enrico Fermi asked a question. It was a really good question. His question still orbits the hallways of university astronomy departments, echoes off the domes of Keck and Arecibo, pops up on sites and boards in cyberspace. The... 768@http://www.ortholog.com/ Writ 2008-06-02T13:02:26+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/postmigratory_brain_misorientation_disea.php http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature06834... 751@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-05-05T12:24:24+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/the_taste_of_the_brain.php http://neuroanthropology.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/the-sugar-made-me-do-it/... 750@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-04-22T16:35:53+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/quotes/use_at_own_risk.php 749@http://www.ortholog.com/ Quotes 2008-04-14T13:44:55+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/tune_in_turn_on_publish_or_perish.php http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/005132.html... 748@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-04-14T12:20:45+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/forgive_me_father_for_i_have_genetically.php http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2008/03/genetic_modification_joins_lus.html... 747@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-03-11T11:51:59+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/snowmen_with_bug_eyes.php http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1149757... 746@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-02-29T19:08:13+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/wikitrail/air_quotes.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_quotes... 744@http://www.ortholog.com/ Wikitrail 2008-02-13T07:23:47+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/genes_with_silly_names_should_stay.php http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/gb-2008-9-1-401... 743@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-02-12T07:12:37+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/six_million_dollar_cockroach.php http://en.rian.ru/science/20080117/97179313.html... 741@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-01-22T15:15:50+12:00 http://www.ortholog.com/archive/science_seen/its_okay_to_swing.php http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_index.html... 740@http://www.ortholog.com/ Science seen 2008-01-03T10:53:25+12:00